According to this article, the company that was making the various Marvel Comics DVDs will no longer be doing so--once Marvel had its own digital comic thing going, they lost their license. I was sorry to hear this--I've got the Avengers DVD, and although it's far from ideal in format, I'm really not unhappy with it. I'm sorry that there won't be more coming out.
I hate to tell Marvel that this does not make me any more likely to want to sign up for Digital Comics Unlimited. It just annoys me. Now, if Marvel decides to amend their service to enable subscribers to keep the material they download--hell, even if they make it a separate deal with a separate pricing plan--that would be fine. But it doesn't look like that's on its way.
It's like when the thirteen-year-old was investigating ways to get music for her MP3 player--she saw that she could do it in two ways. Either she could sign up for a monthly service that gave her more music for the money but which required her to keep the service if she wanted to keep the music--if she dropped the service, she would lose whatever she had downloaded. Or she could purchase music per item, outside of an ongoing service--more expensive, but she can keep them forever. A number of services provide both options, which is nice.
She may be thirteen, but she knew immediately which was the better deal.
So do I. And eliminating it won't force me to the other option, it'll just have me buying none of it.
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On paper Marvel's digital archive is perfect for me; It'd let me read comics at work or school during breaks without having to download anything or break any laws.
The DVD, on the other hand, was only released in the US, which means its Zone 1. I'm in the UK, Zone 2, so I'd have to go to some effort to get it to even play.
Given all that, though? Trying to subscribe to the archives has been a nightmare and I'm now really nervous about giving them my credit card details.
So . . . they got Avengers Forever on that DVD?
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